PC won't boot. HELP!!

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I am in some need of assistance.

Below is the set-up I have, the problem I am having and what I have tried to
do to fix the concern.

Abit IS7
Intel P4 3.2GHz
2 x Crucial PC3200 DDR 512Mb (CT6464Z40BA)
Asus V9180SE/T graphics card
2 x Seagate 60Gb Barracuda ATA IV (ST360021A)
Enermax EG365P-VE PSU

I have both HDD on IDE1 using jumpers on them to select master/slave

I have Pioneer DVD116? and LG CDRW connected on IDE2.

My other bits and bobs are not connected at the moment.

The fault I am getting is this. On power up, the I get a continuous burst of
long beeps, nothing displays on my monitor.

I have tried resetting the CMOS to the point where all power is disconnected
from the board, CMOS is cleared, CMOS battery has been disconnected and the
everything is connected again. On power up I get the same bleeps.

I have confirmed that I have the RAM seated and populated correctly and also
tried it with each of the RAM modules in individually.

I have also tried disconnecting my devices from IDE2.

I have also had the mobo disconnected from the case to try and eliminate
shorts and it is still the same.

All fixes I have tried result in the same series of long bleeps and no
display.

I have since heard that the Crucial 8-chip DIMM's may not be compatible with
my mobo from another board member, but Crucial recommended them and
actually guarantee them to be compatible.

Any help appreciated.

Emce
 
emce said:
I am in some need of assistance.

Below is the set-up I have, the problem I am having and what I have tried to
do to fix the concern.

Abit IS7
Intel P4 3.2GHz
2 x Crucial PC3200 DDR 512Mb (CT6464Z40BA)
Asus V9180SE/T graphics card
2 x Seagate 60Gb Barracuda ATA IV (ST360021A)
Enermax EG365P-VE PSU

I have both HDD on IDE1 using jumpers on them to select master/slave

I have Pioneer DVD116? and LG CDRW connected on IDE2.

My other bits and bobs are not connected at the moment.

The fault I am getting is this. On power up, the I get a continuous burst of
long beeps, nothing displays on my monitor.

I have tried resetting the CMOS to the point where all power is disconnected
from the board, CMOS is cleared, CMOS battery has been disconnected and the
everything is connected again. On power up I get the same bleeps.

I have confirmed that I have the RAM seated and populated correctly and also
tried it with each of the RAM modules in individually.

I have also tried disconnecting my devices from IDE2.

I have also had the mobo disconnected from the case to try and eliminate
shorts and it is still the same.

All fixes I have tried result in the same series of long bleeps and no
display.

I have since heard that the Crucial 8-chip DIMM's may not be compatible with
my mobo from another board member, but Crucial recommended them and
actually guarantee them to be compatible.

Any help appreciated.

Emce
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Try reseating the graphics card. Also try it with one stick of ram. Try
each stick separately. If those are double sided ram sticks some boards
can only use one double sided and the rest have to be single sided. That
should be in the MB manual.
 
The articles about board beeps at:
http://www.pantherproducts.co.uk/Articles/Motherboard/BIOSbeep.shtml
may be helpfull:

Award BIOS
Award states that they now only use one beep from there BIOS. This beep is
one long beep and then two short beeps. This indicates a graphics card
problem. Any other beeps should be treated as a RAM problem first and then
the board sent in to be inspected.

The reason that the Award BIOS only uses the beep code for display problems
is that it tries to display the error on-screen if at all possible. If the
BIOS cannot initiate the display adapter then this causes the BIOS to make
the beep code for a display error, which must be corrected before any other
errors can be determined. Memory Test fails and hard disk failures etc will
all be displayed on screen.

However people do say that they know what some codes mean some codes that I
believe can be trusted are some while in operation. Consult the table below.

Beep Code Error
1 Long 2 Short Video Card Error - Either re-seat or replace video card
Repeating beeps Memory Error - Memory is either damaged or badly
seated
Repeating Hi/Low Beeps Damaged or Overheating CPU
Hi Frequency Beeps Overheating CPU

In the case of a overheating CPU, shut down the computer immediately and let
the CPU cool. Then check the CPU heatsink and fan to make sure its working
properly and then check that the airflow in the case is adequate. If the
problem persists then consider purchasing a new and more powerful fan for
your CPU.
 
Thanks for everyone's input.

I have tried all the suggestions available to me but still no good.

The only other graphics card I have at the moment is definitely not
compatible so I will have to buy another one to allow me to test a different
one.

I will contact Crucial about there memory and see how convinced they are
about their 100% guarantee, or should I say how convincing they are;-)

Thanks again.


Emce
 
Why not borrow a graphics card and a stick of RAM from a friend and try
them..

the_gnome
 
Thanks for your input. I have nobody locally that I can swap with for now.

Regards

Emce
 
Remove ALL devices from rig. Only PSU- CPU /HSF- 1Module of memory-
and video card. All memory speeds and timings to highest /lowest
settings. Video 'enhancements shadowing- fast writes etc. disabled.
give it a go..
 
It turns out that the Crucial chips recommended by Crucial do not actually
work on my system.

I got the new chips from Crucial this morning and fitted them.

All seemed fine initially because when I booted up I got passed my original
stopping point (which was a blank screen and a continuous series of long
beeps).

The next step in my manual was to hit 'delete' on boot to allow me to view
the BIOS. I carried out a quick check of the settings and basically left it
all at default and then continued to let the machine boot.

It goes through the boot, telling me what is connected to the different IDE
channels etc, then comes up with the PCI listing telling me what is on each
IRQ etc then I get the message 'Verifying DMI pool data...' some times this
ends with 'update success' depending upon whether I have made any hardware
or CMOS changes since last boot attempt I think.

It then searches for the device to boot from and, screen goes blank for a
few seconds and then goes to the Windows error screen telling me that
Windows had an eror on last boot what do I want to do, boot in safe mode,
with networking, with cmd prompt etc. If I let it time out and start
normally it will continue to do this until I pull the plug.

If I select any of the safe mode options I get a list of the services/files
it is loading. The last one that is displayed on the screen before it starts
to reboot is c:windows/system32/drivers/amdagp.sys.

I was wondering if anyone can help with this please.

I have loaded the new BIOS from Abit for the board but I still get the same
error.

I have also attempted to boot from the Windows CD and I can get in and
delete the amdagp file (suggested by a crawl on Google) but it then hangs on
mup.sys which is before amdagp.sys in the list. I don't want to start and
delete all files that it stops on.

What have I done wrong? I have attempted to replace the mobo, CPU and RAM
and not expected to have to do anything other than swtich it back on and
load some new drivers if required, was I wrong in thinking this.

Regards

Emce
 
Glad you figured it out.

Can't tell how many times crucial has pulled that crap with me,
I never mentioned this anymore as the flame posts begin. I do not buy
memory from them.

about your current problem:

this is a windows driver error, nothing you did. Boot into 'safe mode
no network'.
And check the device manager for hardware that isn't loading its
drivers correctly.

Also in bios: if you have these two settings, 'Reset configuration
data'? -YES

PnP OS installed? -NO

Hope that helps
 
Thanks for input.

I can't get it to boot in any mode other than off of CD-ROM with the WinXp
disk in unfortunately.

I will check the BIOS settings you mention.

Are you normally required to do a clean install of Windows when you change a
mobo?

Emce
 
So you dumped a Os installed HD into a new/different mainboard or vice
versa? This maybe the problem. Try doing a 'repair' install from the
XP bootdisk prompt. Or step by step confirmation boot. and leave out
the recognized drivers that are failing.
 
Unless he had Norton System Works protecting the HD prior to the upgrade in
which case easier to formato and clean install. Took a manuall edit of over
200 line items in the registry before I got my last one to boot up.

Larry
 
A big thank you to everyone who took the time to help me.

I am actually up and running now after doing a Windows repair install,
reloaded SP1, carried out a Windows update and re-loaded a few of my old
drivers as well as the new stuff.

So far all of my main apps are running bug free so I will see how it goes
before I do anything more drastic.

I guess I would be happier with a format and clean install, but the idea of
having to re-install all the software again is not very appealing at the
moment. I need to catch up with some work now.
 
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